There once was a girl from LA, who grew tired of the city by day, and the city by night, she thought such a fright, that she stole with her family away.
Now 15 years later, she got an old trailer. Fixed up the truck, to try out her luck. Can we fit a milk cow in there?

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Learn Spelling with Stories - Talking Fingers Word Qwerty

We had so much fun with our first Talking Fingers program, that when we found out we would get to try Talking Fingers Word Qwerty we just couldn't wait. My son signed in and started "playing", and as I listened and observed, I was very happy with what I was seeing. The same company that helped him learn proper finger placement on the qwerty keyboard and helped with his reading skills was now helping him learn to spell and write short stories!

Through a variety of interactive games and exercises, Word Qwerty teaches spelling rules and tricks, such as looking for patterns. Catchy songs help children remember them. As is explained on the website, "Wordy Qwerty – Foundations for Reading and Writing Fluency, takes 7-9 year olds through the next steps of reading and writing fluency, and picks up where our award-winning software, the Read, Write & Type Learning System leaves off."

Students learn about spelling rules, word families and "outlaws" (words that don't follow the rules). Next comes the spelling challenge - students hear a word and have to spell it correctly and put it in the right box. The program prompts the student if he misspells the word.

Then students are shown a few sentences, hear them read, and are challenged to write them as they are read back to them. Parents can sign in and monitor student progress at any time.

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Grew up in the city, always dreamed of having kids and a little farm in the country. Made it. Next adventure: taking the Homestead on the road.
Published my first book, The Working Parent's Guide to Homeschooling, available here: http://booklocker.com/books/7663.html.
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